Bursa Malaysia suspends short selling of Pertama Digital’s shares

KUALA LUMPUR — The intra-day short selling (IDSS) of Pertama Digital Bhd’s shares has been suspended again for the rest of the day after its last done price of the approved securities dropped more than 15 per cent or 15 sen from its reference price.

Bursa Malaysia announced on its website that the IDSS of the company’s shares will only be reactivated on Thursday, Oct 10 at 8.30 am.

At 10.30 am, Pertama Digital’s shares, which opened at 33 sen per unit, slipped to 28.5 sen with 159.29 million shares changing hands. 

Yesterday, Bursa Malaysia announced that the IDSS for Pertama Digital’s shares had been suspended after its last done price dropped more than 15 per cent or 15 sen from the reference price. — BERNAMA